Possible to disable File >> Save option?

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looprication
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Possible to disable File >> Save option?

Post by looprication » Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:59 am

Hi All,

Is there any way to completely disable the "Save" option on the File menu? This would force me to either "Save As" or "Save a Copy" which I always, always do, because I don't like accidentally saving over something with something that's new and broken.

Maybe there's a better workflow than what I'm doing, I've been using Ableton since v3 or v4.

Basically when I make progress on a set, I'll "Save As" and tack on a number (002, 003, etc.) to the file name.

Again, maybe this is an old school way of doing it but I'm curious to know if there's another / better way than this?

If not, it would be great to disable "Save" to protect me from myself.

Cheers!

-loops
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Re: Possible to disable File >> Save option?

Post by lincolnkid » Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:31 pm

Live automatically keeps backups of previous versions of sets (up to 10 I think) so you could just revert to one of those if there's a problem. And just use "save as" for major changes. See here: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/artic ... ckup-Sets-
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Re: Possible to disable File >> Save option?

Post by looprication » Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:33 pm

Ah thanks so much @lincolnkid ! This is exactly what I was hoping for, cheers!
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Re: Possible to disable File >> Save option?

Post by Rivanni » Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:01 pm

You could reassign the keyboard shortcut CMD+S to 'Save Live Set As...' and assign another keyboard shortcut to 'Save Live Set'.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/m ... lp2271/mac
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Re: Possible to disable File >> Save option?

Post by looprication » Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:16 pm

Ah this is a great idea! Thanks @Rivanni !
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February Album Writing Month stuff
Mac Mini 2020 (M1 / Big Sur)
Focusrite 18i20 / Roland A-37 / Oxygen 8 v2 / MidiSport 4x4
Live 11.1 (Rosetta) 11.2 (silicon) / NI Komplete 12 / Reason 12
Lotsa modular stuff
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